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Public Domain or Copyrighted
Title and Description
File Size
Rare Books & Monographs
Callicott, William Bill Callicott Reminiscences, 1921.

93 pages.

William Callicott's correspondence with Walter Prescott Webb concerning his service in the Frontier Battalion in 1874-5.
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
PD
Martial Law in East Texas: What It has Meant to the State and the Nation, 1932.

89 pages.


Discussion of lawlessness in the East Texas Oil Fields in 1931.
Gillette, James B. Six Years with the Texas Rangers 1875-1881, 1925.

243 pages.

Classic account by a Ranger in Dan Roberts', N.O. Reynolds' and George W. Baylor's commands.
Jennings, N. A. A Texas Ranger, 1899.

226 pages.

Although Jennings' narrative has significant errors and exaggerations, it is one of the more readable 1870s border reminiscences.
Lee, Nelson Three Years Among the Comanches, 1859.

164 pages.

Narrative of captivity and life among the Comanche of Texas
517 kb
Lockett, Samuel Coleman The Ledger of Samuel Coleman Lockett - Ranger Service Extract, ca. 1910.

35 pages.

This is the extract of only the Ranger service portion. See next entry for entire manuscript.
170 kb
Lockett, Samuel Coleman The Ledger of Samuel Coleman Lockett, ca. 1910.

132 pages.

Locket served as a Ranger in 1870-71 with the Frontier Force and as a minister. This is the transcript of his entire manuscript which contains detail on his service as a minister, Rangers he met during that period, and a copy of a transcription of his Ranger service memoirs.
207 kb
Roberts, Dan Rangers and Sovereignty, 1914.

146 pages.

Capt. Dan Roberts' classic account of service in the Frontier Battalion.

Sponsored by Robert Nieman.
Roberts, Mrs. Dan

(Luvenia Conway)
A Woman's Reminiscences of Six Years in Camp with the Texas Rangers, 1928.

55 pages.


Daily life with a Ranger company by the wife of Texas Ranger Capt. Dan Roberts.
Sullivan, W.J. L.

Twelve Years in the Saddle for Law and Order on the Frontiers of Texas, 1909.

268 pages.


Sullivan served as a Ranger in the Frontier Battalion from 1889-1901 under Capt. Bill McDonald.
Wolters, Jacob F.

Martial Law and Its Administration, 1930.

243 pages


The first hundred pages consist of a rather dry legal treatise on martial law.

The second hundred pages contain more interesting sections on the deployment of the Texas Rangers and the Texas National Guard to restore order in Longview, Mexia, Galveston, and Borger from 1919 to the 1930s.

Oral History
Alfred, Howard

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Howard Alfred, 1996.

76 pages.
Arnold, Red

Interviewed by Ty Lockridge

R. M. “Red” Arnold
Texas Ranger, Retired, 1978

10 pages.

Byrnes, David

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Selwyn David Byrnes, 1996.

107 pages.
Denson, Selwyn

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Selwyn Denson, 1996.

34 pages.

Dowell, Stuart


Interviewed by Robert Nieman

Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Stuart Dowell, 1995.

171 pages.
Elliott, Glenn

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Glenn Elliott, 1994.

46 pages.
Elliott, Glenn

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Glenn Elliott, 1995.

1,218 Pages
Gonzaullas, Manuel T.

Interviewed by Stacy Keach, Sr.
Oral History Interview with Captain M.T. "Lonewolf" Gonzaullas, 1957.

29 pages.
Gonzaullas, Manuel T.

Interviewed by Capt. Robert Mitchell and Alva Stem .
Oral History Interview with Captain M.T. "Lonewolf" Gonzaullas, regarding the semi-autobiographical movie The Town that Dreaded Sundown, 1977.

19 pages.
Gooding, Ed

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Ed Gooding, 1998.

100 pages.
Goss, Bob

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview of Jim Clark and Wes Whatley about Texas Ranger Bob Goss, 1995.

56 pages.
Goss, Bob

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview of Wes Whatley about Texas Ranger Bob Goss, 1995.

35 pages.
Goss, Bob

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview about Ranger Bob Goss with
Dwight Watson, 1996.

59 pages.
Hamer, Bud, Bobbie and Harrison

Interviewed by Robert Nieman

Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Descendents Bud, Bobbie and Harrison Hamer
49 pages.

Martinez, Ramiro

Interviewed by Robert Nieman

Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Ramiro "Ray" Martinez, 1996.

73 pages.

Mitchell, Robert

Interviewed by Robert Nieman

Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Robert Mitchell, 1996.

63 pages.

Morris, Don

Interviewed by Tony Hill

Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Don Morris, 2005.

86 pages.

Sponsored by the Texas Ranger Association Foundation

Ray, Jim

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Capt. Jim Ray, 1997.

86 pages.
Rigler, Lewis

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Lewis Rigler, 1994.

86 pages.
Wadsworth, Ralph

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Ralph Wadsworth, 2006.

55 pages.
Womack, Max

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger Max Womack, 1995.

33 pages.
Wright, James

Interviewed by Robert Nieman
Oral History Interview with
Texas Ranger James Wright, 1996.

43 pages.
Theses and Dissertations
Durham, Jr., Kenneth R. ©2006
Stephen F. Austin University, All Rights Reserved

The Longview Race Riot of 1919

18 pages.

Paper on race riots in Longview, Texas after WWI and the role of the Texas Rangers.

O'Neal, John William Texas 1791-1835
A Study in Manifest Destiny

140 pages.
Rigler, Erik T. A Descriptive Study of the Texas Rangers: Historical Overtones on Minority Attitudes, 1971.

84 pages.


M.A. Thesis on the origins of attitudes about the Texas Rangers in Hispanic South Texas.
Stroud, David Walter Prescott Webb, 1888-1963.

36 pages.


Biography of the best known historian of the Texas Rangers
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